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Capital One Breach – What Actions To Take That Others Don’t Tell You

August 14, 2019August 14, 2019 By Prilock Security

The July announcement from Capital One revealed that 100 million US citizens and over 6 million in Canada had their information exposed meaning we will be inundated with social engineering and phishing attacks for years to come.

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12M Patient Data Compromised in Quest Diagnostics Breach

June 3, 2019June 13, 2019 By Prilock Security

Banking, credit card, and some medical information of 12 million patients were exposed by Quest Diagnostics’ payment service, American Medical Certification Association (AMCA), due to a security incident.

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G Suite User Passwords Stored in Plaintext For 14 Years

May 29, 2019May 29, 2019 By Prilock Security

If you are a G Suite user from anytime between 2005 to now, changing your password is highly recommended since Google stored these passwords in plaintext.

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First American Mortgage Exposes 885M Records

May 28, 2019May 31, 2019 By Prilock Security

Without web authentication, mortgage deals dated back to 2003 were found available online, revealing bank account statements, Social Security numbers, drivers license images, and other personally identifiable information.

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Equifax’s Data Breach Cleanup Costs Hit $1.4 Billion

May 13, 2019May 13, 2019 By Prilock Security

In 2017, hackers exploited a vulnerability on Equifax’s website accessing 148 million American personal information. The costs to remedy this data breach continue to plummet.

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Cisco Security Flaw Leads to Device Remote Takeover

May 3, 2019May 3, 2019 By Prilock Security

Cisco removed a backdoor account that created a critical vulnerability letting a remote attacker connect with vulnerable devices, allowing takeover with administrator privileges.

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Doxing: A Hacker’s Cyber-Revenge

April 19, 2019April 24, 2019 By Prilock Security

Staying anonymous online is challenging with social media, data breaches, and other publicly accessible information exposing us to the world wide web. A popular cyber-revenge method, doxing, uses personal, private information against a target with malicious intent. Are you preventing a dox attack?

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Phish Hack Attack Led to Microsoft Compromise

April 16, 2019April 16, 2019 By Prilock Security

Microsoft emails were compromised due to a tricky phish scam that accessed employee credentials, allowing hackers to infiltrate personal messages.

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FBI Agents & Police Officers Personal Data Exposed By Hackers

April 15, 2019April 15, 2019 By Prilock Security

Hackers infiltrated police and FBI websites, exposing 4,000 records of personal data on the Dark Web, with two goals in mind: gain experience and money.

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Guard Accounts with 2FA

April 10, 2019April 25, 2019 By Prilock Security

Provide an extra layer of security beyond just a username and a password with two-factor authentication (2FA), making it harder for attackers to gain access to your accounts!

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Tag: Identity Theft

Capital One Breach – What Actions To Take That Others Don’t Tell You

12M Patient Data Compromised in Quest Diagnostics Breach

G Suite User Passwords Stored in Plaintext For 14 Years

First American Mortgage Exposes 885M Records

Equifax’s Data Breach Cleanup Costs Hit $1.4 Billion

Cisco Security Flaw Leads to Device Remote Takeover

Doxing: A Hacker’s Cyber-Revenge

Phish Hack Attack Led to Microsoft Compromise

FBI Agents & Police Officers Personal Data Exposed By Hackers